Army That Grows. How Turkey Is Waging War
An Arab girl is wearing the colours of the 50th Regiment of Italian Infantry as a petticoat, and the long green rain-case of the flag, with its brazen, spear-shaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1912
272 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
The War in Tripoli. Italian Black Troops. Rome
A contingent of Eritreanean black troops, from Italy's possessions in Africa, has arrived at Tripoli. They were warmly welcomed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Soldier's Asset
The British soldier has a callousness to danger, probably due to want of imagination, which is a valuable and peculiar asset in battle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tripolitan War. Stubborn Fighting. Rome
The Italians repulsed three stubborn night attacks at Dorna on the 10th instant. The Italians lost three killed and 23…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Admiralty War Staff
When the reorganisation of the Admiralty took place at the close of November we welcomed it as paving the way at "the creation of a War Staff, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War in Tripoli. a Prolonged Contest. Rome
The newspapers state that General Caneva, the commander of the Italian forces in Tripoli, has informed the Government that he is unable to effect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London News. London, January 12th. the Foreign Outlook.—home Rule.—admiralty War Staff.—the Dickens Centenary.—the Cotton Lock-out. the Foreign Outlook
Sir Edward Grey said a wise word when he asked both the British and the German nations to "let the barometer alone." We all know the man who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tug of War. Railway V. Tramway
Teams of eight men a side, representing the railway and tramway, met in a tug-of-war on the League Football Ground, Hamilton, an Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War-makers
Perhaps the greatest danger of war lies in the provocative attitude of certain influential organs of the British and the German press. It is a horrible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Horrors of War
The London "Telegraph's" war correspondent with the Italian troops in Tripoll writes:—"I have been over many of the battlefields where mad fanatcism…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Soldiers to Arrest Negro
At Scottsville a negro who had become insane killed his father and then barricaded himself in his house. He fired a number of shots at a sheriff's posse…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Plans of the Navy. a Tight Political Hold
It is generally noted that in describing the new developments at the Admiralty Mr. Churchill is at some special pains to make it clear that the war staff will work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Affray with Strikers. Two Men Wounded. Lawrence (Mass.)
Shots were fired at the police from a [?]ement house during an affray with men on strike, which led to reprisals. Thousands of strikers paraded the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in Tripoli. Capture of Margheb. Fierce Resistance. Rome
An official account of the occupation of Margheb, in Tripoli, by the Italians, has been issued. It is stated that the Italians secretly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riots in China. Mutiny of Soldiers. Alleged Favouritism. Pekin
Hundreds of Yuan Shih Kai's troops have rioted. Indiscriminate shooting took place, and many houses were wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in Tripoli. Italian Losses. Rome
Since the outbreak of hostilities in Tripoli the Italians have lost 37 officers and 499 men killed. One officer and 323 men are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dangerous Deals. How to Stop War
You know the story of the Coffin Trust in the Chinese province at a time of plague; when at the outbreak the Viceroy began to apply sanitary measures he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contraband of War. Seizure of Cartridges. Paris
A quarter of a million German cartridges, consigned to Oran, in Algeria, have been seized by the authorities at Dunkirk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War in Tripoli. Conflicting Accounts. Both Sides Claim Victories. London
Differing accounts of the fighting in Tripoli are being received. The Italians claim to have repulsed the enemy at Tobrak with a loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkey Suspected. Effect on the War. Rome
Rumour casts suspicion in connection with the attack on the King upon Turkey. Thu Turkish newspapers lately…
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